1Caption: Watercolor on paper: Detail of Pioch-Kiäiu, Piegan Blackfeet Man by Karl Bodmer from his travel to the United States 1832-1834, painted August 21, 1833.2 Have you ever wondered how tribes got their names? They are usually not names they call themselves. The names are often what others called a people. In the case of the Blackfoot, though, it is their name.3 The Blackfoot call themselves "Siksika" which means Blackfoot. Some say it is because of their dark-coloured moccasins. Others say it because their moccasins were blackened from walking where prairie fires had burned the land.4 The Blackfoot have always been a prairie nation. The men were hunters and warriors. They were often concerned with their spiritual side, as well as the ceremonies to go with it.5 Young men were sent out on a vision quest as part of the test of their manhood. They were to fast alone until they had a vision. There they expected to meet their guardian spirit and would be told what to put in their medicine bundle.